Beadlocks on Daily driver?
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I have searched on the forums to find out people's thoughts on Beadlock rims on daily driven jeeps. I are now wheeling on a set of AEV Pintler rims and love them but would like to air my tires downs a bit more while wheeling. So my main question is how do Beadlocks drive on the street being that they do not balance out well from what I'm told? Will I notice this difference a lot at certain speeds or all the time? I am looking hard at spyderlock (not DOT) AEV (are DOT) and OMF (not DOT) what type of driving characteristics will the internal bead balance give? I really like the spyderlock Beadlocks and they claim they can be balanced with no problem at all. Any info is appreciated!
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I've got Spyderlocks showing up next week sometime. I'll post back with more info on how they do once I know. My Jeep isn't my DD anymore, but hopefully I can lend some insight for you.
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Thanks. I'm going to first try the BB method to balance them. A guy local to me swears by it, and I figured I'll spend $20 on BBs to see if it'll work. If it doesn't, I'll have them road force balanced. Oh, I'm putting 35/12.50R17 Nitto Mud Grapplers on them, that I bought used (too good of a deal to pass up), so we'll see how it goes.
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I've been running AEV beadlocks (for sale) on the street for years with no problems. they balance just fine. I now have Spyderlocks; also balanced just fine. Beadlocks on a daily driver just aren't really an issue. Cops have never asked about them either
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Originally Posted by Slob
Gate to sounds like a complete idiot so would some one tell me exactly what beadlocks even do? Sorry to be the village idiot